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"Just as spyware is something that we have to nip down today, we have decided that all licensed Windows users should have that protection at no charge," Gates said.
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"Just as spyware is something that we have to nip down today, we have decided that all licensed Windows users should have that protection at no charge," Gates said.
Sweet! Thats what I'm talking about. :)
Now... all they need is a MMC snap in to manage them all from one place.
at first i thought it was cool, but it seems like more hassle when you start thinking of all the virii that will get written to sabotage it. There's already that bankash? is it? out there. and it's been out less than a month.
What the hell do you think they'll be charging for?!? "You want to manage all of those remotely? Let's see, that'll be...well, why don't you just bend over and take it in the keester as a down payment, then we'll talk about service contracts."Quote:
Originally posted here by phishphreek80
Now... all they need is a MMC snap in to manage them all from one place.
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Originally posted here by phishphreek80
Now... all they need is a MMC snap in to manage them all from one place.
Ah, now that's gonna cost ya...M$ will surely charge for that.
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It is refreshing M$ has come to their senses...at least for now. ;)
Yah eh? The classic 'pusher' technique - get the masses hooked on your product, then charge for licensing, updates, the works. Somehow I wouldn't put it past Bill.
free? bull butter, the day anything microsoft makes something free will be the day...
...well i dont know what will happen on that day, because that day will never come!
they dont have a choice but to make it free if they want people to use it. I think it is a great program, but im sure they will release a "free version" and a "enterprise/small business/not free with cooler stuff" version
in other words
'free' version = crappy broken version
pay version = normal version
hey...you get what you pay for.
I tend to think they will offer snap-ins for free. If not, someone will write a template or we'll figure out how to tweak the registry. But really, Billy Goat has no choice IMO.
I got cracked by another auditor - but I thought I should give it a whirl - it works ok - and does not seem - at this point to chew up resources - updates are still somewhat manual, but with the Spyware "active" it has caught a few spyware add requests in the short time I have had it on. Of course - I have to wonder, being an auditor and all, if MS is allowing certain "respectable" companies to keep their spyware on a system.
More stuff I really don't like about M$ antispyware:
Yes, it eats system resources, in a big way.
Yes, it likes to fight it out with spybot's tea timer, and acts quite like it on doing new installs (You should've seen it cranking when I installed adobe acrobat 7 last night...) - the bad side is that (unlike tea timer) it doesn't give you the control to HALT the registry change, it merely informs you of it... Kinda weak imho.
Thats not a weakness in the marketplace, thats a strength..................Most people don't no what the registry is, let alone what to allow too change it and what not too change it. And franky, I don't think those people want to no. So guess what they are going to run with.Quote:
Yes, it likes to fight it out with spybot's tea timer, and acts quite like it on doing new installs (You should've seen it cranking when I installed adobe acrobat 7 last night...) - the bad side is that (unlike tea timer) it doesn't give you the control to HALT the registry change, it merely informs you of it... Kinda weak imho.
FYI: I found this article which talks about M$'s antispyware product WONT be free for businesses/enterprises... I suspected as much.
http://www.snpx.com/cgi-bin/news55.c...5716126?-11434
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Microsoft Antispyware Won't Be Free For All
By Mary Jo Foley
You may have seen lots of headlines today proclaiming that Microsoft has decided to make its Windows Antispyware offering freely available. The truth? A "personal" version Microsoft Antispyware will be free for end-user consumers. But the version with teeth that enterprises will want won't be free. And so far, Microsoft isn't talking about how much that release, which will include unspecified "management" functionality, will cost. Microsoft also isn't talking about A1, its bundled anti-virus/anti-spyware/firewall subscription service. We got plenty of "no comments" from the Microsoft brass at RSA on Tuesday regarding A1.
Want to give me a paid app that is not freely available via open souce that is better.Quote:
hey...you get what you pay for.
I'm sure there is a boolian expression there someware lol.
keep in mind that this 'spyware version' is the only version that is free.... micrsofts "A1" program is NOT going to be free
Well I already have McAfee 8 with some spyware blocking so MS, what is the carrot to make me pay for your Spyware product?